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E. S. DE PUY. COMPOSITE LETTER AND ATTACHMENT.

Reissued Feb. 11, 1913.

INVEN TOIP, EDWAIQD-S-DEDUY- Bax M APPLICATION FILED DEG.16, 1910.

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WITNESSES ATTY- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

EDWARD s. E PUY, or OAKLAND, camronnm.

COMPOSITE LETTEIRLND ATTACHMENT.

13,525, i Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. ReissuedFeb, 1913,

Original No. 947,877, dated January 25, 1910, Serial No. 470,535.

Application for reissue flle'd'December 16, 1910. Serial No. 597,737.

' State of California, have invented a new and useful Composite Letter and Attachment, of

which the following is a specification in such full'and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

" My invention relates to letters, figures, or

4 may be supported the character,

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characters of any description, means for re-- inforcing and attaching said letters or characters, and supports therefor.

It com riseslcombinations of parts, and details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference .to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a support and the letter attached. Fig. 2'

shows sectional views of the same. Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are modifications. Fig. 6 is a separate view of a reinforcing device, and attaching means The letters, figures or characters of whatever description may be made of any suitable plastic material which can be molded, and will afterward harden.

In order to strengthen such material so as to prevent breakage by accident, I reinforce whatever may be its descripby reinforcing strip or strips A, these having a form depending upon the form of the character, and they are embedded in the material when the letter is formed so as to properly strengthenit.

In order to attach the character, one of which is represented at- 2, I form tongues,

loops, or projections in any desired manner, as shown at 3; and these engage with corresponding projections4 properly formed for thepurpose. Thus, theprojecting portion from a suitable fixture 5; and this fixture may be made either of plastic material hardened, or. of wood, or metal.

If made of plastic material, the engaging portion 4 is made with a shank or extension as shown at 4, and this may enter into the material of the support, and be fixed therein when this material hardens. v

i If the support '5 be made of wood, or other penetrable material, the shank 4 may be so the inner end, if driven through, may be turned over so as to firmly lock it in place, as shown in Fig. 2. i

As shown in F' isin the form of from sheet metal, rigidity, bent to form the use of suificientl large wires or rods bent into the form ,0 eyes, and the connecoops or eyes made either of suflicient thickness and tion 3 for the letter or character is in the form of a' shank projecting from the character and having a downwardly bent jection which will enter the loop or'e'ye rom the supporting part.

In Figs. 2 and 3, the fixed part or support is in the form of an upwardly bent tongue having its inner end secured in the support, and the engaging part 3 is in the form of a loop-adapted to fit the upturned'portion of the tongue; the shank and the loop extending into the letter or character and having outwardly turned portions 3. which are embedded in the material of the character so as to hold it firmly. By this construction I am enabled to provide for the-easy. attachment of letters, figures, .or charactersfor sign orother work, and theequally easy re- 'moval of such characters for repair or re-- placement. It will be understood that this construction may be employed for any like orequivalent structures to which it is applicable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a sign, characters formed of a plastic material which will set,"an internal reinforce in said characters substantially conforming to the general outline thereof and connected to said plastic material, and. strips having one portion embedded in the material of which the letters are formed andhaving another portion projecting outwardly to interlock with a coacting support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set made as to be driven into the support, and i s. 1,' 4 and 5, the support oval openings, or by my hand this 5 day of December, in the presence of two subscribed witnesses.

EDWARD S. DE PUY. Witnesses:

C. P. Grimm, R. J. Caesar... 

